Attitude 2 Achieve

Community-based Public Health Intervention

Introduction

This report provides a proposal for a community-based intervention that aims to increase the general physical health of the community, based on the planning model by Nutbeam and Harris (2004). In order to achieve this, this paper will identify the public health intervention, highlighting relevant empirical evidence that provides support for the effectiveness of the proposed…

Wilmslow parkrun – Event 14 Run Report

Run report and results are now available at http://www.parkrun.org.uk/Wilmslow/news/

For my degree I completed a report of how setting up a parkrun event in the local community can benefit both runners (new and existing) and the community as a whole, especially the volunteers. If you’d like to read more then see my report. 

There are many nutrition related myths out there that need avoiding when it comes to ensuring you’re in tip top competition. There’s also loads of great advice to help you perform at your peak. It’s knowing which is which that’s the trick.

No matter how much or little exercise you do, you should always aim to have a balanced diet so that you get all the nutrients you need. If you are doing more…

Get Your Head in the Game!

The sporting world is one where most believe that you’ve got to have luck or at least talent in order to succeed, it all harks back to the Nature VS Nurture debate. There are phrases like ‘You’re a natural at that!’ or ‘You’re built for it!’ Yet really, it’s all down to your mindset and how much effort you’re willing to put in. After all, practice makes perfect! Like most aspects of life, from…

How you can use the 20 Second Rule to Create Healthy Habits!

They say that it takes 21 days to make something a habit. Try 20 seconds! During studying Applied Positive Psychology and Exercise Psychology I came across Shawn Achor and The Happiness Advantage. His theory is that if something is going to take you more than 20 seconds to do then you are less likely to do it, we tend to base our choices on what is easier for us rather than what will benefit us…

Wilmslow parkrun

  If you follow my Instagram or Twitter pages then you’ll probably already know about my involvement with Wilmslow parkrun. I decided to set up the Wilmslow parkrun because I felt there needed to be somewhere for the local community to get together on a regular basis and be involved in something which is sociable, free and healthy.

I love the community spirt it’s brought to the…